Black iMac screen
My screen goes black after just a few seconds. It is set to never sleep, so that’s not what’s doing, plus I can be in the middle of doing something and it just goes black.
Windows, Windows 10
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My screen goes black after just a few seconds. It is set to never sleep, so that’s not what’s doing, plus I can be in the middle of doing something and it just goes black.
Windows, Windows 10
Hi!
To get more details -
try adding a test user account
Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support
Sign in with test user, see if issue remains. If not, it user-specific, and not system-wide, meaning, it has something to do with your account.
If system-wide, occurring in both your account as well as in the test user account, we may need to walk a different path. For now, I am assuming it user-specific.
If so, check all settings, energy, battery etc.
Save energy on your Mac - Apple Support
If this is not a setting, restart, if Intel try safemode
Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support
or M1/2 follow silicon.
If this fails, please contact applecare to help you "reset homefolder permissions" via Terminal.
Kind regards
RRD
Hi!
To get more details -
try adding a test user account
Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support
Sign in with test user, see if issue remains. If not, it user-specific, and not system-wide, meaning, it has something to do with your account.
If system-wide, occurring in both your account as well as in the test user account, we may need to walk a different path. For now, I am assuming it user-specific.
If so, check all settings, energy, battery etc.
Save energy on your Mac - Apple Support
If this is not a setting, restart, if Intel try safemode
Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support
or M1/2 follow silicon.
If this fails, please contact applecare to help you "reset homefolder permissions" via Terminal.
Kind regards
RRD
This forum section is for ancient iMacs made before 2006. Is yours really that old??
Because iMacs have been in continuous production since 1998 in five broad families with very different troubleshooting steps, it i s vitally important you indentify your iMac sub-model here. We are other end users who can neither see nor touch your computer so , without sub-model details, we re unable to help in this setting.
As the computer won't start, you may be able to find the sub-model by serial number using this Apple support coverage page:
https://checkcoverage.apple.com
Otherwise post a picture.
I’m sorry; you’re correct, it isn’t that old. I’m not sure how I landed in this section.
Don't feel bad, Apple has the worst way to select where you post of any forum I've ever seen.
Black iMac screen